Share: your best way to get rid of blackheads?

I wonder if everyone gets blackheads on their noses. Called comedones by dermatologists, these facial pests are a result of the waxy oil that accumulates on our skin. The expert explanation is that when a minuscule globule of sebum collects at the top of a pore, a whitehead develops. When the waxy oil hardens, plugs the pore and is exposed to air, it turns black through oxidation and becomes a blackhead.

I used to get a lot of blackheads, particularly on my nose. Now I still get them but they seem lesser by comparison because my T-zone is not as oily as before. I’ve tried various methods to get rid of my blackheads, including:

– rubbing baking soda mixed with water on the area.
– rubbing a mix of baking soda with lemon on the area.
– rubbing mashed tomato on the area and leaving it on for 10 mins.
– exfoliating with Cure Natural Aqua Gel.
-Â applying Cellnique Pro Sebum Gel (now rebranded as B.liv)
– using pore pack nose strips.

But they only help to an extent. The best way I found is actually to squeeze them out with my bare fingers after a warm bath and then applying toner afterwards to the area.

Care to share with me what’s your best method to get rid of your blackheads?

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I exfoliate 1 or 2 time a week with the Cleansing wash from the brand B&C Laboratories. This is really good especially on the nose.
And sometimes to have fun 🙂 I use some peeling masks (from the brands Shills and Pinkey)but they are a little less effective.

double cleanse->hot shower->thin thin layer of clay->scrub->hydrating mask->extraction using bare hands->toner to close pores->mild acid. about twice a week. doesnt take off everything but helps to improve.

CURE is the best exfoliator I’ve tried so far, removing whiteheads and some tiny surface blackheads but it’s not good enough still. My blackheads are too stubborn so the only thing that worked was going for facials with extraction services. The amount of pain varies with the state of the skin and the beautician’s skills. What’s exasperating is how fast the blackheads come back though. Sigh.

i know how you feel… my blackheads come back within 2 days after extraction and i get clogged pores really easily.. but thankfully my tolerance for pain is pretty high. if i knew how to extract my own blackheads using that metal stick extractor, i would be able to keep them a lot clearer.

You’re another fan of Ginvera Marvel Gel. Joyce of AtelierGal feels the same. Pore strips seem to work very well for some people. I feel it depends on the size and shape of the nose, and also the pore size.

I like to steam my face and rub the area gently with a wash cloth. But, one has to be careful to be gentle enough on their skin otherwise one can end up rubbing too much and hurting their skin. This is one of the most effective ways of getting rid of blackheads in my experience.
Another way is applying lemon juice mixed with honey or any other carrier so that it does not burn the face and leave it on for sometime. After washing it off, the blackheads are gone.

Has anyone used Libote Sakura’s exfoliating gel before? I cam across this while on a tour in Japan but didn’t buy it. It sounds similar to the Cure gel. http://www.libote.jp/user_data/english_exfoliatinggel.html
I can’t seem to find where to buy this online or in US.

1.Apply some olives oil already mixed with few drops of lemon on your nose or the affected area.
2.Expose your face to steaming water for a minute.
3.Using a cotton rub the nose or the affected area gently, you may need to sequeez but be gentle while doing so.

After a workout/run, I do a quick lukewarm shower, cleanse my face with my usual facial cleanser, and after that a facial scrub from Jensen’s (a German brand recommended by my beautician). By then, the pores on my nose will be fairely open and manual extraction with that mental stick will be easy and quite painless. I personally find that to be more efficient than regular steaming. After that, I’ll apply toner and a cooling mask to tone down the reddness. Works for me!

pore strips, masks, exfoliators, nothing works for me sadly so i have to do manual extraction also. but it just doesnt last and i cant have patience/time to get it clean enough. so i use avene cleanance k to keep them from coming back. 🙂

okie.. i know the topic is on blackheads only… but sometimes i get lazy so i jus cant be bothered to concentrate on them but use the Kose Mask white (which is super black) to peel of the blackheads and whiteheads once a week loh.. seems effective lah at the point of time u do… but of coz… few hours later… blackheads return super fast…
but i feel gd coz it cleans out the whole face!

I have a clarsonic but always forget to use it because my huaband took it over! Its supposed to be much more effective than standard washing/exfoliation. The last time I had a facial, the girl said I didn’t need any extractions! I was shocked.

I use OCM (oil cleansing method). For my oily skin, I mix 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of castor oil with a few drops of tea tree oil. I massage the oil deeply into my pores about 5 minutes, then I make a steaming for minute or so to open pores. Then i whip up the oil with a washcloth.

I adore this method, it perfectly removes pimples, blackheads, and other imperfections.

Yes the old Cellnique Sebum gel was good for getting rid of blackheads. It took me awhile to get it working though. My friend had better success. What I do was apply it on my nose and then after awhile when it dries, rub off the get and the blackheads came off too.

Hey! I thought I’d share a bit on Cure Aqua Gel. It does work pretty well, along with my Watsons facial massager, to reduce my blackheads. It’s not 100% completion, but there has been some visible improvement so I’m grateful for that already! d=

But that’s pretty much what everyone else has been saying anyway. What I really want to share is that, I previously had some misgivings about over-exfoliation, that such products will slough away my good/non-dead skin and leave my facial skin too thin! I noticed that the gel balls up substantially less if I use it after the facial massaging brush, so I guess that shows it only removes dead cells and doesn’t cause additional damage! *phew*

i tried gelatine and milk actually it peeled off few of my blackheads but i must do that like thrice a week it doesnt affect the skin which is a good thing. does this baking soda thing work pls reply i am going for a clean up in 2 weeks time and i hate when they use the blackhead tool thingy so i am trying my best to take much as possible b4 i go

Hey, jojoba oil does its job for me in term of keeping blackheads to come.
Yeah, not entirely vanish, but I feel they take longer time to “come” to my nose.
Here is what I do, on my cleaned nose (extracted/squeezed/any method you use to clean the blackhead), every night I rub in a drop of jojoba oil on the nose. Yes, RUB IT IN! Not warming up and patting.
I too use oil to hydrate at night. I use Avocado oil, though. Jojoba is a tad too heavy in my liking for whole face. I did try for whole face for 3 months, the skin glowed. But somehow my skin got drier after prolonged use of jojoba oil. (Or it is just me!)